The Early Republic

Besides freedom from Britain, what did the American Revolution give the U.S.?

• A large amount of debt
• Land to the Pacific Ocean
• British enemies for life
• They now owed a favor to the French

Who is the founder of the Federalist Political Party?

• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington

Who is the founder of the Democratic-Republican Political Party?

• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington

What did Alexander Hamilton believe the U.S. needed?

• A national bank for economic stability
• A treaty with both France and Britain for political stability
• Tariffs on interstate goods for economic stability
• A stock market exchange system for social stability

What is a permanent alliance?

• An association with another person, place, or thing that is not temporary; often a nation that agrees to do something for another nation

• A negative association with another person, place, or thing that is not temporary; often a nation that agrees to leave another nation alone

• A positive association with another person, place, or thing that is temporary; often a city that agrees to help a country

• A negative association with another person, place, or thing that is temporary; often a gang that agrees to help another gang.

In President Washington's Farewell address, he warned the US not to do what?

• Form permanent alliances with other countries
• Form temporary alliances with other countries
• Allow a president to serve more than two terms of office
• Allow the south to have the nation's capital located there

Which clause in the US Constitution is known as the elastic clause?

• The necessary and proper clause
• The strict construction clause
• The banking clause
• The president precedent clause

What part of the Constitution allows the United States to create a national bank?

• The necessary and proper clause
• The strict construction clause
• The banking clause
• The president precedent clause

Congress has the power, “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States..."

What does this mean according to Alexander Hamilton?

• As unforeseen issues happen, this Constitutional clause allows the government to use powers not specifically listed in the Constitution.

• As unforeseen issues happen, this Constitutional clause allows the government to use only the Constitution as it was written in 1787.

• This allows the government to approve certain executions that the founding fathers could anticipate.

• This allows Congress to remove the President from his Executive office if he cannot complete his work.

Why did the Southern states not want to see the US take on the Northerner's Revolutionary War debts?

• The Southern states had paid off all of their Revolutionary War debts and didn't want to take on the North's.
• The Northern states had paid off all of their Revolutionary War debts and didn't want to take on the South's.
• The Northerners were rude to the Southerners and they didn't want to deal with most Southerners.
• There was no debt after the Revolutionary War because of the economic boom of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.